Safety-match-pad case.



A. SCHICKERLING.

SAFETY MATCH PAD CASE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29. 1917.

Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

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SAFETY-MATCH-PAD CASE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1%1'3.

Application filed March 29, 1917. Serial No. 158,187.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, ALFRED SoHIoKnR- LING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Match-Pad Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My improvements relate to cases for safety matches of the kind which are manufactored for use in the form of pads, the stub portions of which are each provided with a chemically prepared surface adapted to ignite the tips of the matches detached from the pad when said tips are brought into frictional contact therewith, in a manner well known in the art.

The invention consists essentially in interposing between the box or receptacle and the cover thereof, a match pad holder pivotally connected with both and forming a link therebetween, in such manner that when the cover is raised from the box the match pad holder will also be raised and tilted at an angle between and as related to both cover and box, so as to present the matches in convenient j wsition for detachment from the rest of ti. 1 pad and from the stub thereof,my articulatory match pad holder being also formed to afiord convenient access to the special ignition surface on the stub of the match pad, all as hereinafter fully set forth.

Tn the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1, is a frontal perspective of my improved match receptacle, closed;

. Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the device as grasped by the fingers of the left hand of the user, and partially open;

Fig. 3, is a side elevation of my improved match case, open; a

Fig. 4, is an isometrical perspective of my articulatory match pad holder and the cover to which it is pivotaly attached, the box and the pivotal connection therewith being omitted in this view;

Fig. 5, is a longitudinal section of my improved match case opened to the full et, and taken upon a plane near but to one side of the center of the receptacle.

The box portion 6, of the device is of ordinary construction, as is the cover 0, also. The novelty consists primarily in lig the cover 0, to the box 6, by means of my articulatory match pad holder in, pivotally connected to the rear of the box 6, and to the rear of the cover 0. My match pad holder 71., thus performs the additional function of a coupling member between the box and cover; and the articulatory connection is such that when the cover 0, is raised from the box b, the holder 71., will be made to assume an intermediate position angularly related to both the box 6, and the cover 0, so as to present the matches m, in line of projection convenient for detachment the one from the other and from the stub m, of the match pad.

The stub portion m, of the match pad is inserted between the back plate 72., of the holder 72., and the rail h ,said back plate It, and rail being rigidly attached to the end pieces 71?, of the holder h. The rail 723, being relatively narrow leaves ample space, 71. (see particularly Fig. 5) through which the chemically prepared ignition surface m of the match pad is exposed for convenient access to effecting the lighting of a match detached from the pad.

By this novel construction and arrangement of partsthe matches come out automatically when the case is opened, and are presented in convenient alinement for detachment from the stub of the pad, thus obviating the delay and inconvenience of digging or picking out a match from the box as heretofore; while the prepared ignition surface ,on the match pad is exposed and accessible for immediate use. Furthermore, when the case is closed my articulatory match pad holder is concealed entirely within the case, which in this sense is selfcontained in that there are no protuberant parts except when the cover is raised; and also in the sense that the actuation of the holder it is automatic, being controlled in either direction by the manipulation of the cover a.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A match pad case of the character designated, comprising a box, a match pad.

holder pivotally connected therewith, and a cover pivotally connected with said match pad holder,- said match pad holder being formed with an open space for the exposure of the prepared ignition surface on the stub of a match pad, for the purpose described.

2. A match pad case of the character designated, comprising a box, a match pad holder pivotally connected therewith and fitting therein and formed with an open space for the exposure of the prepared ignition surface on the stub of a match pad, and a cover hinged to the said match pad holder beyond the said space for the exposure of the ignition surface, for the purpose set 

